New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-10
pROCLAIMING THE LEAGOE'
,opD SALISBURY HESITATES TO ~ II
UNTIL SUPPLY is VOTED.
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Cnovrfoht; 1897 The Eew York tribune.
,>ov Aup 9.-1he Ministry are reported
.til at skies and sevens about procialming inc
Na,,ora, League. No decision has been takeh'
Meantime they are collecting official repor's re
hating to the operations of the League anu III
tended TO iustify proclamation II IL comes MI
Balfour rs understood TO favor acuoh' horu o""
bury whose energy expends itself some'ines III
the manufacture of vigorous'phrases, cannot MAKE
mn his mind. lie is reported to prefer pos'pohi"s
proc,amation till Supply is out OF the way
Sbouh he throw down the gage TO tne Hioh
members before the money votes have been passed.
they could easily keep Parliament sitting through
September.
1t is announced, doubtless by authori'S' 'ii's
MIR. Gladstone will take early opportunity VI
replying to Mr.. Bright's speech at the haruns'on
dinner last Friday The same thing has oeeh
said ON nrovious occasions when Mr. Bright has
attacked his former leader, but Mr. Gladstone mas
oftcrward thought better of it and preferred 10
avoid a personal controversy. 1t is TO be noteo'
moreover. that Mr. Bright's speech is criuiclsH
on Mr. Gla,lstone's policy, not personal "oU"oA'
But Mr. Gladstone's friends resent 1T not 'he
less. They know the personal relations between
those two OLD friends and colleagues are pracu-
callS at an end. They do not meet ana they
will never act together again in pubic HE.
public breach must come sooner or later. "hat
Mr. Gladstone is now understood to RESENT Is ME-
Brirht's way of describing his successive a''i-
tudes 70 the Irish question, involving the lmpu-
tation of personal motives.
The naval evolutions arc still the topic oil am
mated discussion. Admiral Hewett and Admrai
Fremante each has friends in the press VINO
maintain the claims Of each to the victory No'h'
ing is more difficult than to arrive at poslu'e
opinion because the conditions OF the cohhlc'
imposed by the Admiralty are not fully known.
The Ilewctt party now say the capture oil 'ai-
mouth by Admiral Fremantle amounted to MOTH
ng because Admiral Hewett regarded that port
outside the range of operations. The passage Oh
the Straits of Dover was not effected, moreover,
without loss This last plea does not weigh WIN
the public Nothing has made so much impression
as the fact that Admiral Fremantle with an IN
ferior feet but superior strategy did force inc
Straits and appear in the Thames. Admiral ffe-
mantle's friends say, moreover, that the deiay VI
the feet in the Thames which gave Admlrai
Uewett time to come up was in obedience 10 en-
press orders of the Admiralty. So victory hovers
between the two.
The fire at Whiteleys has produced something
Ike n panic 1t is variously described as the
fourth and seventh at the same establishment
Nobody doubts that the place was set on nre.
Mr. Whiteley is trader on great scale VINO
calls himself 1.-The universal provider" and deals
in everything. He has crushed out numbers OF
small tradesmen in the neghborhood, and some OF
them are believed TO take this means OF getting
even with Mr. Whitley. So notorious is the nos
tility to him that the insurance Offices have lately
refused all risks on his property. Mr.. Whteley
10 ha1 tall
MS he thought every precautiOn against fire on
great scale; but treachery inside is alleged. lhe
eonfagraton overtaxed the whole resources OF
the Fire Brigade Captain Shaw, whose energy
and ability are of the first order, got the hre
under after many hours but admits that had
another fire broken out elsewhere the Brigade
would have been powerless to deal with It, Cap'
tain Shaw says he needs half as many again
horses and men and twenty more steam engines.
Mr. Whitelcys loss is s2,0OO,000 yet he publishes
brief letter in to-day's papers without word
of regret saying that business in every depart
ment proceeds as usual
Endacott the policeman who arrested Miss
Cass, will be prosecuted for perjury Mr.. Vaughan,
the magistrate of the Bow Street police court,
before whom the summons was applied for,
showed himself reluctant TO deal with the case,
and asked TO hear the evidence before granting
the summons but he granted it at once on the
testimony of Mr.. Walford, Miss Cass and Miss
Scott. The public has not ceased to take interest
in this matter and funds have been found 10
enalle Miss Cass to go forward with prosecution
which most people think ought to have been I'M
dertakcn by the authorities
The death of Mr. Thistlcthwayte is an incident
of which more is likely TO be heard. This gentle
ba1 a
was Laura Bell. lie lived in Grosvenor Square
and was rich but his wife patrOnized tradcsmen
more literally than her husband judged proper.
He defended and won several suits brought on
account of her purchases. Mr. Gladstone at one
time used TO visit and dine there, which some
of his friends thought for several reasons 20 be
odd Mr.. Thistlethwayte, who was TO have left
London on Monday, died Sunday night. The
story given to the world is that he was In the
halit of keeping loaded revolver on table by
his bed that he seized with fainting fit;
and that he stumbled and knocked down the
pistol, which went off and killed him. This is
deemed possible but not probable.
The English papers have to-day discovered that
Mr.. Blaine went TO Ireland last Thursday. They
wonder why he went and indulge in the guess
that he wants TO see for himself the condition
Of that country.
Dr. Curry, the American Minister TO opaih'
sailed for America Saturday. lie has been the
guest of DIR. Aubrey and with him paid visit
TO Mr.. Gladstone during which much CONVERSE
ton took place respecting American interest in
Home Rule. Mr.. Gladstone never loses an oppor-
tunity of expressing gratitude for support given
him from beyond the Atlantic. lie once more
denied the stories about his visit TO America,
saying fatigue and other reasons made it impos-
sib'c. DIR. Aubrey is, however. going, and will
lecture 10 you on Mr. Gladstone and on Home Rule
The American Minister leaves town tomorrow
Tor inverncss-shirc on visit to Mr.. Ilargreave
Brown, Nj. T., which is expected 10 last a fort